Case Study: How the Census Made a Hard Pivot When the Pandemic Hit
Years in the making, the 2020 campaign plan was ramping up for the final big push when the pandemic hit, forcing the communications directorate to rethink its plans.
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How to Think About the Cloud in New Ways
Here are four ways that agencies can reach beyond the low-hanging fruit of the cloud and see greater benefits, especially as they move into a hybrid work environment.
Is Modernization Worth the Effort? 3 Factors to Consider
Given a limited budget, how do you make a go/no-go decision on an IT modernization initiative? Try approaching it like a home improvement project.
The Year of … Automating Infrastructure
While the IT environment has continued to expand with new technologies, the IT team has not. “You really have to automate in order to operate at that scale, to be able to accomplish the work you need to do.”
Agencies Find New Ways to Put RPA to Work
“What’s most exciting to me is the ability of RPA to make a mission impact — to really start to solve some big mission problems in government.”
Nimble Tools to Manage the Surge in Facilities Work
Agencies relying on the traditional design-bid-build process will struggle to make progress on the backlog of facilities work needing to be done.
It’s Time to Think About Mainframes in New Ways
The mainframe has a well-deserved reputation as the workhorse of IT operations. But it also has a growing edge as a platform for enterprise innovation.
Social Media Security Tips
Just as social media can help agencies cultivate the trust of their constituents, a security incident on social can undermine that trust. Here are tips to mitigate risks.
How State, Local Agencies Can Deal with Surge in Cyberthreats
Among other strategies, cyber experts say agencies need to double-down on cyber training, since end-users continue to be the weakest link in cyber defenses.
Redrawing the IT Roadmap for 2021
Many agencies were already dealing with an increasingly complex network architecture. How can they manage this environment more effectively?